WGU Master's in Elementary Education - Progress Thread

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I have never seen kids ripping up their own textbooks or climbing on top of library bookcases. Maybe this was because we allowed the school to spank kids.

Additionally, if a child was acting up, they were usually put out in the hallway for the rest of the one-hour class period, with the door shut. Kids were often more afraid of being bored out there alone, so they behaved well.

No one should have ever been spanking children in school. Putting a kid in a hallway doesn't fix any of the problems going on with them. That behavior just ignores what is going on. 

I don't know why anyone would become a teacher today. All I hear are horror stories from my friends who are teachers. Several are just counting the days to retirement and a handful have already retired. I can only think of 1 who plans on staying in teaching, but she teaches at a private religious school where she has at most 3 students so it's hardly the same thing.